Destructive floods resulted.

It has cost the French people many millions of dollars to repair the damage done by the sheep.
The Federal Government does its best to keep foreign tree diseases out of the United States.

As soon as any serious disease is discovered in foreign countries the Secretary of Agriculture puts in force a quarantine against that country.

No seed or tree stock can be imported.

Furthermore, all the new species of trees, cuttings or plants introduced to this country are given thorough examination and inspection by government experts at the ports where the products are received from abroad.